Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (37 page)

at Boys and Girls Club ceremony,
232
–33

classes at Boys and Girls Club,
32
–33,
34
,
38
–39,
69
,
107
,
117
,
260

dance schools of,
34
–41,
116
–17,
202
,
210

dancing career of,
35
,
67

as free spirit,
35
,
43
,
81
–82

influence on Misty,
78
–81,
83
–85,
115
–18,
124
,
134
,
174

Misty forced to leave,
86
–87,
197

Misty living with,
65
,
66
–68,
75
–80,
114
,
116
,
156
,
196
,
234
,
235

and Misty’s dancing,
62
–63,
70
,
82
,
87
,
89
,
93
–94,
96
,
97
,
110
,
117
–18,
119
,
130
,
155
,
182
,
247
,
256

and Misty’s emancipation,
121
–23,
124
–25,
232

and Misty’s mother,
39
–40,
63
–65,
83
–87,
111
,
114
,
116
,
117
,
118
–19,
130
–33,
139

and Wigs,
36

Bradley, Patrick,
36
,
66
–68,
71
,
73
,
81
,
232

and family life,
75
–78,
86
,
114
,
116
,
117
,
125
,
134

and Misty’s emancipation,
124
–25

Bradley, Wolf (Wolfie),
67
,
68
,
75
,
76
,
78
,
81
,
120

Braxton, Toni,
78
,
178

Brooklyn Academy of Music,
219
,
222
,
234

Brown, Isabel,
148
,
190
,
212

Browne, Leslie,
148
,
212
–13

Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo,
25

Cantine, Elizabeth,
164
,
182
,
232

and Cindy,
32
–33,
69
,
119

and drill team,
27
,
28
,
30
–32,
69
,
119
,
260

and Misty’s dancing,
32
–33,
71
,
133
,
135

Cantine, Richard,
69
,
135
,
164
,
232

Carey, Mariah,
23
,
25
,
26
,
31
,
55
,
133
,
137
,
178

Carmelite Sisters Teresas of San Joseph, New York,
136
–37,
138

Catalina (friend),
41
–42,
164

Catherine “Bubby” (Cindy’s mother),
75
–77,
96
,
156
,
206

Chambers, Veronica,
249

Charles, Uncle,
57
–58,
60

Chocolate Nutcracker, The
,
87
–89,
90
,
145
,
160

Cinderella
,
185

Coca-Cola Scholarship,
146
,
229

Comaneci, Nadia,
21
,
22
,
73

Copeland, Chris (brother),
18
,
19
–20,
83
,
247

as attorney,
170
,
208

as cook,
59
,
115

and Doug Senior,
203
,
205

and Robert,
49
–50,
53

Copeland, Doug (father),
9
,
24
,
56
,
61
,
203
–7,
209
–10

Copeland, Doug, Jr. (brother),
17
,
19
,
48
,
56
,
83
,
115

and Doug Senior,
203
,
204
–6

and Robert,
49
–50,
53

Copeland, Erica (sister),
17
,
19
–20,
54
,
55
,
83

and drill team,
27
–28,
39

and family matters,
61
,
132
,
146
,
203
,
205
,
208

and Jeff,
40
,
63
,
208

and Misty’s dancing,
115
–16

and Robert,
46
–47,
53

Copeland, Misty:

as ABT corps member,
5
,
7
,
154
,
158
,
164
,
165
–66,
176

and ABT Studio Company,
139
,
145
–47,
150
,
151
,
152
–54

auditioning,
97
–99,
135
,
155

and backup plans,
93
–97,
127
,
166

balance sought by,
169
–70,
253
–54,
262

ballet world of,
see
ballet

at the barre,
33
,
43
,
233

birth and childhood of,
9
–22,
187
,
197
,
207
,
209

and body shape,
103
,
109
,
145
,
161
,
162
–71,
173
,
180
,
182
,
188
,
192
,
236
,
245
,
250
,
252

career of,
151
,
154
–56,
231

choreographing dances,
26
,
31
,
215
,
219
,
220
–21,
222
,
240

and Cindy,
see
Bradley, Cindy

as Clara/Clare,
87
,
88
–89,
101
,
139
,
160
–61

dancing in pain,
159
–60,
230
,
244
,
246
–47,
248
,
252
–53